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Junkyard Roadhouse by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJUNKYARD ROADHOUSE - novella 4Shining Smith stands on the brink of achieving her goals, and yet now she could lose everything.The presidents of four motorcycle clubs are coming to claim blood sacrifice and to ink her with motorcycle club tats. Her new roadhouse and its charter have to meet their approval or the roadhouse has no future, and neither does Shining... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Eleven (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #35) by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Eleven (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #35) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and friends have found sanctuary with Tomás. The cathedral offers protection from Zombies and a place to rest and recuperate. But what happens when the outside world follows you inside? There is a greater hazard to the Parker family than Feeders and warlords... -
![Mind Games by Marc Whipple]()
Mind Games by Marc Whipple
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEight Internet friends have an "IRL" meeting in a mountain cabin. But instead of the long weekend get-together they planned, they're suddenly caught up in the end of the world as they knew it!They just met for the first time in real life last night, and today's group wake-up call is strange messages floating in the air telling them that something called a "System Start" has just happened... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Ten (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #34) by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Ten (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #34) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and friends have worked hard to survive Mexico. They fought warlords and cannibals, slave traders and Matthias Allen. They fought and they survived. Colombia is closer than ever, and with it their dream for a better, safer life... -
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![Love and Decay 3, Episode Seven by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Seven by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and the Parkers have finally rescued Page just in time for their favorite family activity- killing Zombies. When they are attacked in the middle of the night, Reagan heads out with some Parkers to protect the bungalow... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Six by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Six by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Get Page back. That’s the only thing Reagan and her friends can focus on, but that is not the only problem facing them. While new allies provide valuable assistance, the outside world still threatens to tear this group apart... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Five by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Five by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Things have been bad for Reagan and friends, but Raphael’s slaving camp might top them all. Unsure where Haley and Page were taken to, and faced with the evil that immediately surrounds her, Reagan is close to giving up. This life asks too much of her. This world demands too high a price... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Nine by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Nine by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan Willow has made a lot of enemies during her time in the Zombie Apocalypse, but one enemy stands above the rest. He has made it his mission in life to destroy her and he will stop at nothing to get his way. Matthias Allen lost his family because of Reagan and the Parkers... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Twelve (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #36) by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Twelve (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #36) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. In the conclusion of Love and Decay, Season Three, Reagan and friends have made it to Colombia, but their fight out of hell is not over. Starving, dehydrated and out of ammo, the group is at their lowest... -
![Rise of the Elgen by Richard Paul Evans]()
Rise of the Elgen by Richard Paul Evans
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsMichael must save his mother—and protect his powers—in the electric sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Michael Vey, from Richard Paul Evans.Michael was born with special electrical powers—and he’s not the only one. His friend Taylor has them too, and so do other kids around the world... -
![Battle of the Ampere by Richard Paul Evans]()
Battle of the Ampere by Richard Paul Evans
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe hair-raising action continues for Michael Vey in this charged third installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Michael, Taylor, Ostin and the rest of the Electroclan have destroyed the largest of the Elgen Starxource plants, but now they’re scattered across the Amazon jungle... -
![A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve]()
A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe final book of the thrilling Predator Cities series!London is a radioactive ruin. But Tom and Wren discover that the old predator city hides an awesome secret that could bring an end to the war. But as they risk their lives in its dark underbelly, time is running out. Alone and far away, Hester faces a fanatical enemy who possesses the weapons and the will to destroy the entire human race... -
![The Fate of Urth by Jennifer Martucci, Christopher Martucci]()
The Fate of Urth by Jennifer Martucci, Christopher Martucci
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive years have passed since we destroyed Kildare. In the years since, the Urthmen threat has diminished, almost to the point of being bearable. I began to feel safe for the first time in my life, that my sister is safe, that mankind has a chance to advance, that a future exists. But I’ve learned that on this planet, nothing lasts, especially peace...Categorized as:
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![The Overlord Protocol by Mark Walden]()
The Overlord Protocol by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHOW FAR WILL OTTO GO TO PROTECT HIS FRIENDS? Otto Malpense and his friends thought their first year at the Higher Institute of Villainous Education was the most adventurous and exciting that they would ever encounter. They were dead wrong...Categorized as:
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![Generation One by Pittacus Lore]()
Generation One by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe first book in a pulse-pounding new series that's set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series. The war may be over—but for the next generation, the battle has just begun!It has been over a year since the invasion of Earth was thwarted in Pittacus Lore's United as One... -
![The Warrior Race by T.C. Edge]()
The Warrior Race by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKira Blackstone’s reputation precedes her. Rebel, warrior, genetically enhanced killer. She’s fought since she was a girl to save the city of Haven. Now, unfortunately, her friends are going to have to fight their war without her. Kidnapped during a fight by a group of mysterious soldiers, garbed in fine silver armour and flowing red robes, Kira finds herself waking in total darkness... -
![Ben Archer and the Cosmic Fall (The Alien Skill Series, Book 1) by Rae Knightly]()
Ben Archer and the Cosmic Fall (The Alien Skill Series, Book 1) by Rae Knightly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA BOY WITH AN ALIEN POWER.“The thing is, it wasn’t meteors that fell into the woods that night. It was alien spacecraft.”THE WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS 2019 SILVER MEDAL WINNER - AUTHOR ACADEMY AWARDS 2019 FINALIST.When UFOs crash into the fields next to his grandfather’s house, twelve-year-old Ben Archer becomes a cumbersome witness in the eyes of the government... -
![Radio by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade]()
Radio by Sophia Elaine Hanson, Sophia Slade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the traumatic events at the dreaded prison Red Bay, Ronja is hanging by a thread. Whispers trail her through the Belly, carrying rumors of her borderline supernatural voice. Plagued by nightmares and haunted by the memories of those she could not save, she clings to the promise that her gift will soon become the weapon of the Anthem... -
![After the Storms by Liz Hambleton]()
After the Storms by Liz Hambleton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe conclusion for The Another sanctuary and another lie.After fleeing for their lives, Rowan’s band of survivors makes it to the Underground. The last to find her way, the welcome that greets her is not a warm one.She’s about to find out just how far the web of betrayal spreads, touching everything she holds dear. All the while, her family is kept from her, too far away to reach...Categorized as:
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Shadows by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B00MJB6DIQ The Game is Life - Book 5Dawn belongs to a secret group of teenagers who play a cloak and dagger game on their cell phones.Her world is turned upside down when the players' actions begin to affect reality, and not in good ways..Categorized as:
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![Unleashed by Amy McCulloch]()
Unleashed by Amy McCulloch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Golden Compass for the digital age in this action-packed sequel to Jinxed.When Lacey Chu wakes up in a hospital room with no memory of how she got there, she knows something went really wrong. And with her cat baku, Jinx, missing in action and MONCHA, the company behind the invention of the robot pet, threatening her family, she isn't sure who to turn to for answers... -
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Home by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 3 in the best selling Stranded Series: due to some adult content this book is rated for 16+ Five went by Land. Five went by Sea. Nine made it Home. Alex and Emily's two groups are finally united after making their way home from Disneyland after the EMP destroyed all electronics. Their reunion begins in a hail of gunfire and only gets worse from there...Categorized as:
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Captivated by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan't get enough of Talia and Erik? Want to know about their first meeting? Interested in what happens between the books? Dying for a peek at what's coming in Created? Captivated is a Talented Novella that includes four short stories, two from Talia's point of view, and two from Erik's point of view. The first is a detailed account of what happened the first time Talia and Erik met...Categorized as:
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![Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman]()
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Arc of a Scythe series continues with stories that span the timeline. Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge...There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down... -
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![Light Of A Thousand Stars by Siobhan Davis]()
Light Of A Thousand Stars by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAriana Skyee has been the center of Zane Anders’ world for years. They got together as a couple ten months ago, so Zane finally has the girl of his dreams. Life should be peachy. But it isn’t.Haunted by a shared secret that threatens to destroy their relationship and claim their sanity, Zane is on a one-man mission to prevent Ari from falling apart... -
![Intuition by Leigh Walker]()
Intuition by Leigh Walker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRiley Payne has recently accepted several things. She'll probably never graduate from high school. She's a secret agent. She has telekinetic power--i.e., she can move things with her brain waves. The boy she likes, Finn, is telepathic--i.e., he can listen to all of her thoughts, including the ones involving his bulging biceps...Categorized as:
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Resurgence by Kerry Wilkinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Can I ask you one thing...why does it have to be you?"My throat is dry but I manage to say the words clearly enough: "If I don't do it, who else will?"An entire country has been lied to.Silver Blackthorn was supposed to be one of the privileged few, chosen to serve and help rebuild a shattered nation.Instead, she is a rebel.Tales of her defiance have spread across the land...Categorized as:
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![Seize Today by Pintip Dunn]()
Seize Today by Pintip Dunn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third book in the New York Times bestselling and RITA®-award-winning Forget Tomorrow series is a thrilling conclusion to an epic trilogy.Seventeen-year-old precognitive Olivia Dresden is an optimist. Since different versions of people's futures flicker before her eyes, she doesn't have to believe in human decency... -
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Captive by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrie’s mission to assassinate Director Cromwell has failed. She’s been taken captive. She knows nothing of what’s happened to Adryan. She is completely lost and alone. Waking in a small, dark room, with her powers gone, she’s completely helpless. Resigned to defeat, she knows it’s merely a matter of time before her fate is fully sealed...Categorized as:
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![Intentional Dissonance by Iain S. Thomas, pleasefindthis]()
Intentional Dissonance by Iain S. Thomas, pleasefindthis
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNewLand, the last city on Earth after The End. Before The End, the world was on the cusp of widespread adaptation of technologies that should never have been invented. Popular use of teleportation polluted the fabric of time and space. The gifts of a select few meant a whole new world was about to erupt.After The End, Jon Salt is addicted to feeling...Categorized as:
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![The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key]()
The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAlternative cover edition for ISBN13: 0590431307 Far from home.Jon has lost his memory. He can't remember who he is or where he came from. He only knows he fell through the forgotten door to the strange planet, Earth, and he is in great danger. Injured from his fall, he has to find someone who will help him... -
![Marked by K.A. Gandy]()
Marked by K.A. Gandy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDemy has been on the run since she was thirteen years old. Mysterious men in black cloaks have been chasing her, and so far she's evaded them. Something, though, has changed since she turned eighteen. Their attempts to capture her have gotten closer and closer, until she's only got one option left: turning herself over to the NLC, for the compulsory marriage program...Categorized as:
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![Exposing ELE by Rebecca Gober, Courtney Nuckels]()
Exposing ELE by Rebecca Gober, Courtney Nuckels
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"I honestly wish I could believe that things will end perfectly, with one big bright happy ending. But these last few days have taught me that life isn't made up of shiny moments. Life is hard; it's gritty. One day you are filled with joy and the next, you are crawling through the muddy trenches with no inkling of when you might be able to climb your way back up again... -
![Finding ELE by Rebecca Gober, Courtney Nuckels]()
Finding ELE by Rebecca Gober, Courtney Nuckels
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHow far would Willow go to find the man she loves? It only took three short months for Project ELE to send sixteen year old Willow Mosby's life spinning out of control. Her family has been torn apart; she merely escaped capture by the Hasting's men and now Alec, her first love, is missing along with her newfound friends... -
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![The Solution by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate]()
The Solution by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDavid, the newest Animorph, is not what he appears. His need to control the other Animorphs and Ax is all he thinks about. And the things he does are starting to break up the group.Rachel and the others know that time is running out. The newest battle against the Yeerks is the most important one yet. And it's not one that will wait. Winning this fight could mean slowing down the invasion... -
![Strange New World by Rachel Vincent]()
Strange New World by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDahlia 16's life is a lie. The city of Lakeview isn't a utopia that raises individuals for the greater good; it is a clone farm that mass-produces servants for the elite. And because Dahlia breaks the rules, her sisters--the 4,999 girls who share her face--are destroyed. She and Trigger 17, the soldier who risked his life for hers, go on the run, escaping into the wild outside the city walls... -
![The Trials by Stacey Kade]()
The Trials by Stacey Kade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter being on the run, Ariane Tucker finds herself back where she started—under the cruel control of Dr. Jacobs, head of the research facility that created her. Now she must participate in the upcoming trials; a deadly competition pitting her against other alien hybrids, each representing a rival corporation. But Ariane is no one’s weapon... -
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Exalted by Tara Elizabeth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter the fall of mankind, the Exalted became the protectors of the people. As an Exalted trainee, all Mena ever wanted was to be strong, to serve and to fearlessly protect the people of the United Republic of the Saved. All Exalted feel the same. In fact, that’s all they feel. Only when Ryker, an outsider, crashes into Mena’s life, does she learn that people are meant to feel much more... -
![City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams]()
City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a mind-bending odyssey through a world rife with tyranny, a rebel group schemes to harness a radical new energy source--plasm... -
![IA: Initiate by John Darryl Winston]()
IA: Initiate by John Darryl Winston
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone has secrets... What if you didn't know your own? One young man with latent supernatural abilities plus one street gang hell-bent on recruiting him equals... IA: Initiate. The most important thing in the world to thirteen-year-old orphan, "Naz" Andersen is keeping his little sister safe from the streets of a Chicago/Detroit-like urban ghetto known as the Exclave... -
![Out of the Ashes by Pittacus Lore]()
Out of the Ashes by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSet in the world of Pittacus Lore’s Lorien Legacies series, this 100-page novella begins a new saga that coincides with the events of Generation One. Fan-favorite characters Six and Sam Goode return in this digital original companion series that’s The X-Files meets the X-men... -
![Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R. Fletcher]()
Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R. Fletcher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe children are the future.And someone is turning them into highly trained killing machines.Straight out of school, Griffin, a junior Investigations agent for the North American Trade Union, is put on the case: Find and close the illegal crèches. No one expects him to succeed, Griffin least of all... -
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Renegade by Kerry Wilkinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSilver Blackthorn is a fugitive from the law.Silver Blackthorn has committed treason.She is dangerous. Do NOT approach her.A large reward is on offer. Report any sightings to your nearest Kingsman.Long live the King.Silver Blackthorn is on the run. She fled Windsor Castle with eleven other teenagers, taking with her something far more valuable than even she realises: knowledge...Categorized as:
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Evolution by Jeremy Laszlo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving stolen the pickup, Ole Bessy, from the Resistance, Jack, Samantha, and Will find themselves on the run once again. Pursued by those who had once kept them as captives, they are forced to flee into the unknown. Now that Tammy’s secret has been exposed, she reveals to her friends a prophecy of her people, further complicating the web of fate the siblings find themselves in...Categorized as:
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![The Prey by Andrew Fukuda]()
The Prey by Andrew Fukuda
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFor Gene and the remaining humans—or hepers—death is just a heartbeat away. On the run and hunted by society, they must find a way to survive in The Vast... and avoid the hungry predators tracking them in the dark. But they’re not the only things following Gene. He’s haunted by the girl he left behind and his burgeoning feelings for Sissy, the human girl at his side...Categorized as:
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![Rewrite Redemption by J.H. Walker]()
Rewrite Redemption by J.H. Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s sixteen. He’s seventeen. They don’t know each other…at least not yet.She has a secret and her whole life revolves around keeping it. Every few months and with little warning, she simply disappears, pulled into the past for hours or even days. She’s terrified it will happen in front of someone, changing her life forever... -
![Severed by Lizzy Ford, Julia Crane]()
Severed by Lizzy Ford, Julia Crane
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo sisters with special gifts and an unbreakable bond ... Cyena and Tyana were born to powerful parents who are among the ruling class on their planet. Their lives are pampered but isolated, constricted to the city walls in which they were born... -
![Perfection Unleashed by Jade Kerrion]()
Perfection Unleashed by Jade Kerrion
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo men, one face. One man seeks to embrace destiny, the other to escape it. Danyael Sabre spent sixteen years clawing out of the ruins of his childhood and finally has everything he wanted--a career, a home, and a trusted friend. To hold on to them, he keeps his head down and plays by the rules... -
![Wolf Blood: The Werewolf Apocalypse Begins by Steve Morris]()
Wolf Blood: The Werewolf Apocalypse Begins by Steve Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe werewolf apocalypse begins ... When a wave of vicious attacks sweeps across London, there are reports of a Beast on the loose. There are fears of a Ripper stalking the streets. But the truth is more terrifying than anyone wants to admit. Werewolves are prowling the city. Hunting and killing. Lycanthropy, a disease as old as humanity, now threatens to destroy civilization... -
![The Tesla Gate by John D. Mimms]()
The Tesla Gate by John D. Mimms
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThomas Pendleton loves his wife, Ann, and six-year-old son, Seth, more than anything, but his job often makes him an absent husband and father. One day, after Thomas leaves on a business trip, both his wife and son are killed in a car accident. Thomas shuts himself off to the world and is home grieving when a cosmic storm enters Earth's atmosphere...
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